Nevada woman who survived being stranded in snow-covered mountains for six days wants world to recall her boyfriend, who died trying to save her, as selfless and kind-hearted

The Nevada woman who was stranded in snow-covered mountains for six days wants to world to remember her departed boyfriend as she does: kind and selfless. Roderick Clifton, 44, died trying to save his girlfriend Paula Lane, 46. She eventually escaped but not before discovering her beloved’s body. “I came across where he was laying in the road. He looked peaceful,” said Lane. “I sat there for a half-hour and talked to him and thanked him for trying to save my life and told him I would make sure he wasn’t forgotten.” Lane is recuperating from frostbite in her Gardnerville, Nev., home. She has trouble walking and suffers from agonizing pain, reported local Fox-affiliate KTXL. “I want people to know what a good person he was, that he would have done anything for anybody, and he did not purposely put me in danger. And he risked his life to get me out of it,” Lane said. Clifton’s new Jeep Cherokee got stuck in the snow when the couple took it off-roading throughout the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The couple was returning home after visiting Clifton’s family in Sacramento County. Citrus Heights Police Dept./AP Roderick Clifton tragically did not survive: ‘I thanked him for trying to save my life and told him that I would make sure he is not forgotten,’ said Lane. Clifton ventured off to find help, but after a few days Lane suspected that something had gone wrong. She left the Jeep behind herself… [Read full story]